Victor Adler ( German: Victor Adler ; June 24, 1852 , Prague - November 11, 1918 , Vienna ) is one of the leaders of Austrian Social Democracy . In November 1918, he was briefly Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Austrian government. He is Jewish by birth, the father of the physicist and also of the Social Democrat Friedrich Adler .
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| Successor | Otto Bauer | ||||||
| Birth | June 24, 1852 Prague | ||||||
| Death | November 11, 1918 (66 years old) Vein | ||||||
| Burial place | Vienna Central Cemetery | ||||||
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| Profession | medic, politician, publicist | ||||||
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Biography
After graduating from the University of Vienna (1881) and becoming a doctor of medicine, Victor Adler was engaged in medical practice as a neuropathologist for 13 years, but soon devoted himself completely to politics. At first, a radical and a supporter of pan - Germanism , after a trip to Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Britain) and a meeting with Engels, Adler became a socialist.
He was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Austria at the unification congress in Heinfeld (December 31, 1888 - January 1, 1889), was elected one of its leaders. In this capacity, he headed the central organ of the party, published in Vienna, the Arbeiterzeitung, one of the leading socialist publications. Before that, the weekly Gleichheit (Equality) printed on its own money.
When at the Vienna congress of the Social Democratic Party of Austria in 1897 the question was raised of dividing the party, which was unified by ethnicity, into German-Austrian, Czech, Polish and other parties united by federal communications, Victor Adler was the main opponent of this project, which found a strong defender in the person of Dashinsky . The project has passed, and since then Adler has become one of the leaders of the German-Austrian Social Democratic Party, at the same time playing a prominent role at general congresses. He was co-author of the Bruyne party program (1899).
Adler used to belong to the left wing of the party (hostile Bernsteinism , or “ revisionism ”), but since 1902 hesitation has become noticeable in it. He unsuccessfully stood as a candidate in the elections to the Reichsrat in 1897 and 1900. In 1901 he was elected to the Lower Austrian Landtag in the place of Schlesinger [2] . From 1905 to 1918 he was a deputy of the Reichsrat, the leader of the Social Democratic faction. At the same time, he actively acted in the Second International .
When the First World War began , Lenin lived on the territory of Austria-Hungary in the Galician town of Poronin, where he arrived at the end of 1912. Due to suspected espionage in favor of the Russian government, Lenin was arrested by Austrian gendarmes. For his release, the help of the socialist deputy of the Austrian parliament V. Adler was required. On August 6, 1914, Lenin was released from prison.
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118647075 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Vodovozov V.V. Schlesinger, Austrian politicians // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Literature
- Victor Adler // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- Vodovozov V.V. Adler, Victor // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Leon Trotsky . Victor Adler
- Leon Trotsky . Victor and Friedrich Adler